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Mr. David R. Kuney

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Mr. David R. Kuney

Prof. David R. Kuney is an adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., and a retired partner from the law firm of Sidley & Austin in Washington, D.C. He had practiced law since 1973, specializing in business reorganizations and major civil litigation. Since 2015, his primary activities have focused on appellate work before the U.S. Supreme Court and the courts of appeals, mostly in the consumer bankruptcy area. Prof. Kuney has represented amici curiae in Taggart v.Lorenzen (18-489), Ritter v. Brady (18-747), Gorman v. Cantu (4th Cir. 17-1034), Lamar v. Appling (16-1215), Husky International Electronics Inc. v. Ritz, (15-145), Czyewski v. Jevic Holding Corp. (15-649),Bank of America v. Caulkett (14-163) and Baker Botts LLP v. ASARCO LLC, (14-103). He previously was an adjunct professor for over 25 years at American University?s Washington College of Law and atNew York Law School. He also is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and the AmericanCollege of Real Estate Lawyers, and is a former ABI Board member. Prof. Kuney is a frequent lecturer and has published numerous articles. He is the author of Retail and Office Bankruptcy: Landlord/TenantRights (ABI 2018) and The Single Asset Real Estate Case (ABI), and he has authored various chapters for Collier on Bankruptcy, as well as numerous articles for the ABI Journal. Prof. Kuney was a member of the ABI Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11, focusing on bankruptcy law as it pertains to commercial landlords and intellectual property issues in bankruptcy. Prior to his legal career, he served with the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam and was honorably discharged with the rank of captain. Prof.Kuney graduated with high honors from the University of Virginia in 1967 and from the University ofVirginia Law School in 1973.

David R. Kuney